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Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds is a Post-Medieval and Modern industrial monument comprising the surface remains of coal mining activity in the Swansea Valley area of Wales. The site consists of the characteristic spoil heaps and shaft mounds that accumulated from underground coal extraction operations, which reflect the intensive mineral working that characterised the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These earthwork features represent the physical legacy of the coal industry that transformed the South Wales landscape and economy during the Industrial Revolution and its aftermath. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw system, acknowledging its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Wales's industrial heritage.
Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM455. View the official record →
Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds is a Post-Medieval and Modern industrial monument comprising the surface remains of coal mining activity in the Swansea Valley area of Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM455.
Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a coal mine. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Clyne Valley Shaft Mounds is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ynys Pit & Leat (0.4 km), Clyne Wood Colliery Steam Winding Machine (0.6 km), Clyne Wood Coal Level (0.7 km).
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